How we can select ecotoxicological test organisms or test systems to evaluate residual toxicity of organic micropollutants in WWTP effluent?

Could you please introduce suitable references and reviews about the methods(any systems or organisms) for evaluation of the toxicity of organic micropollutants in WWTP effluent? and short summary...

22 September 2020 1,671 5 View

Will fixing and staining of the cells before diffusion assay affect the results so much?

Hi all, I am going to do a diffusion assay using FITC. My previous results were not illustrative. So, I think if I could stain it with DAPI first it would be more illustrative but I was wondering...

07 September 2020 3,063 3 View

Need suggestion for theoretical framework?

I'm doing a research on social media protest through thematic qualitative data analysis. But there is no traditional theory that can fit with my study. How do I arrenge this theoretical framework...

18 July 2020 7,928 2 View

Does somebody suggests some journals for social media research based on Asian continent?

I'm willing to submit my research work on a Bangladeshi social movement related to social media. It is a descriptive research based on a case study. But I'm in a confusion about choosing a...

26 November 2019 5,577 3 View

Does anybody know effective dose of GABA in diabetes in rats?

26 June 2016 3,626 4 View

Is there any brief scale for measuring Physical Activity in Diabetic patients?

i want to assess the physical activity of the diabetics and its association with diabetes control and quality of life along with other variables.

01 January 1970 3,701 8 View

Does theoretical framework essential for media/communication research?

Some high ranked journals are asking for theoretical framework regarding my social media research. Is it essential? Does anyone provide me some social media and communication journals with high...

01 January 1970 6,387 13 View

What chemicals should be used as a reactive diluent for alkyd?

01 January 1970 3,980 4 View

can I treat waste water containing solvents and alcohol with electrocoagulation?

there are solvents and alcohol in the waste water of a factory that produces disinfectants. Increasing this waste water requires very serious operations. Can I treat this waste water with...

27 February 2021 2,609 3 View

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

How vulnerable is water and wastewater infrastructure to cyber terrorism in an age of IoT?

Im looking for any papers, reports,articles, links etc on information on How vulnerable is water and wastewater infrastructure to cyber terrorism in an age of IoT.

24 February 2021 2,750 4 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

Would using an asRNA for repressing transcription of a high expression Listeria monocytogenes non-coding RNA harbored in a plasmid be a viable option?

Hello all, I am interested in deleting a highly expressed non-coding RNA located on a Listeria monocytogenes plasmid. Currently, there are not any optimized gene deletion methods for Listeria...

09 February 2021 4,994 1 View

Review Papers regarding transcriptional regulations & promoter types/classes in Gram positive bacteria?

Dear fellow researchers, Could you please suggest me excellent review papers discussing transcriptional regulations and/or promoter classes in Gram positive bacteria? Thank you so much for your help!

08 February 2021 6,909 3 View

Do the introduced salts (NaOH/ HCl) influence the spectroscopic shifts of the fluorescence excitation-emission matrix?

During the resin (XAD-8) fractionation of wastewater salts (NaOH or HaCl) are used for acid or base elutions/pH adjustments. Since the amount of introduced salt is minimal, so is it required to...

08 February 2021 9,489 2 View

Flexibility of RNAseq?

When you use RNAseq I understand that it must follow certain conditions when you use it. One of them is the insertion of a polyA tail. The insertion of the polyA must include then...

05 February 2021 3,770 4 View